tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post7595402252314960390..comments2015-02-28T15:59:36.001-06:00Comments on Now I Shall Know You Again: Behind These Masks We WearHydehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366564702663359039noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-60670206061131555882011-02-22T22:05:23.691-06:002011-02-22T22:05:23.691-06:00I prefer to use my real face. It helps to remind m...I prefer to use my real face. It helps to remind me of how real all this is. Of course I no longer look like I do in the picture I use, but its me just the same.DiceArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817019478549593029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-86409113356376031522011-02-22T20:15:39.877-06:002011-02-22T20:15:39.877-06:00Interesting view on online avatars. Pick them care...Interesting view on online avatars. Pick them carefully. Well, I actually see a lot of that going around. Ron's avatar is a fox, as in foxhunt. He's being hunted in an enclosed space he can't escape.Cherubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954754999180215729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-22163093639772185822011-02-22T17:03:59.494-06:002011-02-22T17:03:59.494-06:00Ron. Please. Call him the Slender Man. Not stic...Ron. Please. Call him the Slender Man. Not stick. ...y'know, instead of explaining why, I think I'll just whip up a post on it. Expect that later today.Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366564702663359039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-87079020223180374382011-02-22T16:11:23.524-06:002011-02-22T16:11:23.524-06:00Yes! Yes, it's great of you to take up a mantl...Yes! Yes, it's great of you to take up a mantle another left. We need more people like Jekyll who will pick up where another leaves off.<br /><br />By the way, it looks like Runners experimenting with stick on their blogs is coming back into style. Behold: http://searchandreveal.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Pete is a lot like Frap was. He has no memories predating about a week back, but woke up to find stick peering in his window ont he second floor in an abandoned house. So he can use all the help he can get.WeirdRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267021312201254998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-69568783941910560992011-02-22T00:10:12.943-06:002011-02-22T00:10:12.943-06:00That makes perfect sense, Jekyll. I guess that com...That makes perfect sense, Jekyll. I guess that comment made it sound like I was against the use of anything but someone's real, physical face to represent them - believe me, I'm not. I'm both a theater student and a Batman fan. I understand that masks are useful, both for concealing and creating identity.<br /><br />I'm just wary of people that seem to have no identity outside of what they write on their blogs. (Slightly <i>more</i> wary, that is. I'm well aware that anyone telling their own story can be an unreliable narrator.)Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329011331303795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-21730091778108334982011-02-21T22:00:36.563-06:002011-02-21T22:00:36.563-06:00@Aimee: I remain as anonymous as possible because,...@Aimee: I remain as anonymous as possible because, like I've said, I don't trust people much. Revealing my actual face might make it possible for someone to track me. So I wear that "mask" for my own protection.<br /><br />Like I said, using a mask to completely relinquish your identity is a bad thing. If you're becoming the mask, at least make sure that the mask is mostly you. In reality, I'm not Jekyll. But Jekyll is definitely me, if that makes any sense. Jekyll is part of my identity--part of ME. He's one aspect of my personality, but he's not the full me.<br /><br />So yeah, that's why I wear that mask. To conceal, yes, but just for my own protection.Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366564702663359039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-8270052848945563902011-02-21T20:32:16.648-06:002011-02-21T20:32:16.648-06:00Aimee makes a good point.
But so do you, Jekyll....Aimee makes a good point. <br /><br />But so do you, Jekyll.<br /><br />Hell, I've had an obsession for masks for as long as I can remember for the reasons you stated.Slicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04057180508394072020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-90984062979879056162011-02-21T17:43:29.357-06:002011-02-21T17:43:29.357-06:00I've always found it ironic that so many of th...I've always found it ironic that so many of the people opposing a faceless monster seem "faceless". I can understand not wanting to give out your identity, but a blank profile and lack of avatar seem a little...foreboding. And, other than their blogs, that's all that some of the more prominent members of this community have.<br /><br />I, personally, love your avatar. The first thing that came to mind when I saw it was a connection to the meanings of comedy and tragedy: joy at the continuity of life, fear of the inevitability of death. Which works pretty well with what you're trying to do here.<br /><br />Masks also work as a metaphor for the metagames being played, but that's another subject entirely.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329011331303795347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-52096072060966877732011-02-21T16:37:52.356-06:002011-02-21T16:37:52.356-06:00ACTUALLY, IT'S HIS CAPTORS AND TORMENTORS YOU&...ACTUALLY, IT'S HIS CAPTORS AND TORMENTORS YOU'RE SPEAKING TO RIGHT NOW, LARSSON IS BUSY AT THE MOMENT. PERSONALLY I THINK HE WAS MOSTLY LEVEL-HEADED, THOUGH.Fraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447598060885298293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-46808697749327368282011-02-21T14:06:32.933-06:002011-02-21T14:06:32.933-06:00With all due respect to Mr. Larson, his mentality ...With all due respect to Mr. Larson, his mentality has been "batshit fucking insane" from the start. It was merely an example of how an avatar change reflected a change in his persona at that point.<br /><br />...okay, I'll bite, guys. I'm not sure if I'm talking to Mr. Larson himself or the things inside his head.Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366564702663359039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092361245376395173.post-27228438744762658352011-02-21T12:08:53.307-06:002011-02-21T12:08:53.307-06:00WHAT MASKS ARE GOOD FOR IS SNEAKING INTO PRIVATE P...WHAT MASKS ARE GOOD FOR IS SNEAKING INTO PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND SCARING PEOPLE'S BRAINS OUT OF THEIR EARS...I THINK THAT LARSSON'S "MENTALITY" IS MORE LIKE "NONEXISTENT" THAN KNIGHT RIGHT NOW. BUT AN INTERESTING FEW THOUGHTS HERE. THINGS TO REMEMBER.Fraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447598060885298293noreply@blogger.com